Best Deathtrap Poems

A microscopic arachnid
tinier than a poppy seed
spins diminutive filaments
barely visible to the eye;
a spiral silk lacework deathtrap
for infinitesimal prey
strung high between white cornered walls
in a microcosmical world.
Is its existence more trifling
than mine that occupies more space?
Perhaps not, in the scheme of things:
my universe among the...

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Made dwelling at own home but living in emptiness,
The lumbered dreams are dying, what a heave is that;
Setting fire in water so fool wish, 
What hell have you done to me, what a damn is that.

Heart shakes by high heat the warmth protest,
Stars in the...

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Exploding Airbags

There you have it, another car user death reported in an accident..
Somewhere in Houston , Detroit a 17 Year old is the latest statistic...

As in any day, while being on the road, we risk getting into an accident..
As luck would have it, most of...

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In her ivory tower, she was raised,
A sheltered child, a life of ease,
But Alice's tale, Lorina's heart had seized,
Her mind now set on a different phase.

Married at twenty to a man much too old,
Her life as a trophy wife grew stale,
And so she plotted, her...

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every rose has a thorn and every road has a turn
dancing with the devil and i'm sure to get burned
some jokers never listen...some jackyls never learn
2 seconds from 4ever...i make a u-turn

screams and shouts like a sad symphony...they keep calling my name and it's torturing...

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black widow webbing
intricate labyrinthine
deceptive deathtrap 



AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2020...

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By GILBERT MAPENGO MWANGUKU

Rotten and forgotten
Mealing once a day
As if they are on a fasting session 
Jam-packed as they sleep
Like maggots in a filled latrine

Stinky is their world
Can’t even remember their toilet pose
As the bucket on the corner waits
Ticks host a party on them
No where...

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Take your crucifixes, Your holy water.
Immortal love of a vampire's daughter.
Silver stakes and a garlic deathtrap.
Like a Priest's slave and a fatal attack.
Your final need for Darla's blood.
Reaping with the gift of Life.
The sun finally sets,
You owe us the price of your regrets.
A destiny that...

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Blasted through the arteries of great wide open spaces
like fuel-injected bullets from some laser-sighted gun,
over-priced and deathtrap built, nothing cars to nowhere places,
trailing prisms of bleeding sump oil underneath the cooling sun.

From the money-grubbing fingers of a travel agent slaughter trip,
thrown a pitch in shadows...

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The ship under full sail
The ocean murmurs an old tale
Nearby cutting through water is a whale
The fresh air enters your lungs as you inhale

The huge albatross spreads its wings
The wind in the sails sings
It tells the story of pirate kings
That hid a treasure of gold...

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Time and again finances stretched
to breaking point
crackle, pop, and snap
'curse Alfred E. Neuman
smiles at yours truly
(this luckless papa)

with with his toothy gap
haint even Abel nor Cain,
nor I pull myself up
courtesy frayed bootstrap
dirt poor penniless deathtrap
compliments countless many
mashup mechanical mishap

no need to repeat, nor recap,
the litany...

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Destroy moral bounds
Distill the damnation
Produce temporary soothes
Attention deficit deathtrap
Empires made of scrap
Mass media’s contagious
Meant to enslave us
Distracting virus
Never silence
Radio waves
Devils communicate
Observe and contemplate
Wire made noose
Have eyes only for you
Gently rest your neck
Pine sided bed
Cushioned from toe to head...

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The system is a deathtrap,
for the ones left back,
Difficulty to move forward,
Critical to step back,
definition of system setbacks,
Many take risks to get that,
struggle stimulate soldiers
to success,
nothing to leave but stress,
and pain then they collect
what's left
no where to turn to look for
nothing but rest....

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Politics & Religion
boneyard 
of existence
Power & Corruption
misleading
in kind
Promising & Deceiving 
legislation
and dogma
Politics & Religion
deathtrap 
— for mankind


(The New Room: June, 2025)
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